Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney was none too pleased about Saturday’s game at Florida State being called off over the weekend.
Saturday saw a shocker in college football and not in the form of an upset but instead in the form of a postponement that came in the No. 4 Clemson at Florida State game as it was called-off just hours before it was scheduled to kickoff.
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney shared his thoughts on the matter Sunday evening and he was clearly none-too-pleased with Florida State’s decision to not play on Saturday.
The following are quotes from Swinney during his media availability on Sunday night:
“This game was not canceled because of COVID. COVID was just an excuse to cancel the game,”
“To me the Florida State administration forfeited the game and if they want to play Clemson, in my opinion, they need to come to Clemson or they need to pay for all expenses,”
“Other than that, there’s no reason for us to play them.”
“I feel bad for their players, too. There ain’t no way anybody can convince me their kids didn’t want to play,”
“It is what it is. We feel great, we’re healthy, we’re ready to go, we were in a good place, ready for kickoff,”
“We’ll just pick up where we left off.”
-Dabo Swinney – Nov. 22, 2020
Are we really supposed to believe Florida State was afraid of being embarrassed?
Getting boat-raced by Clemson would be expected but in terms of embarrassment, that ship sailed long ago for the Seminoles who have lost five games to Miami, Notre Dame, Louisville, Pitt and NC State by a combined 130 points.
Clemson practiced all week with a player who wound up testing positive and traveled with him to Tallahassee.
Can you imagine the backlash had Florida State chose to play and then had a COVID outbreak on their roster this week, after knowing of that positive test on Clemson, who again, practiced and traveled with the team?
But damn those Florida State administrators who dared to look out for the well-being of part of their student body.
Right, Dabo?
